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TOKEN
Unique ID: ESS-C0B396
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Medieval to Post Medieval cast lead alloy 'boy bishop' token dating from 1470 - 1539 AD. The obverse possibly depicts a a crude impression of a mitred head, the legend is illegible. The reverse depicts a long cross with three pellets in each quarter, the reverse legend is also illegible.
Notes:
Artefact recorded from information and images supplied by finder, not seen by FLO
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to Landowner
Chronology
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1470
Date to: Circa AD 1539
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 2.5 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1995 - Tuesday 1st January 2002
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Finder's Reference 034-C0021
Materials and construction
Primary material: Lead
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Numismatic data
No numismatic data has been recorded for this coin yet.
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: South Cambridgeshire (District)
Parish or ward: West Wickham (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TL6150
Four figure Latitude: 52.12486459
Four figure longitude: 0.35043698
1:25K map: TL6150
1:10K map: TL65SW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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